Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Alternative combinations: Limnotherium elegans, Notharctus elegans
Synonyms: Bathrodon typus Marsh 1872, Mesacodon speciosus Marsh 1872, Microsyops gracilis Leidy 1872, Microsyops speciosus Marsh 1872, Microsyops typus Marsh 1872, Microsyops verus Leidy 1872, Palaeacodon verus Leidy 1872
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals from the Tertiary Formation. American Journal of Science 2(7):35-44
Belongs to Microsyops according to G. F. Gunnell 1989
See also Gazin 1958, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1873, Marsh 1871, Marsh 1872, Osborn 1902, Osborn 1902, Szalay 1969 and Wortman 1903
Sister taxa: Microsyops angustidens, Microsyops annectens, Microsyops cardiorestes, Microsyops knightensis, Microsyops kratos, Microsyops latidens, Microsyops scottianus
Type specimens:
- Microsyops elegans: YPM 11794, a mandible (fragment of left ramus with P4-M2). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Bathrodon typus:
- Mesacodon speciosus:
- Microsyops gracilis:
- Palaeacodon verus:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (63: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences
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